The innocent cause of that disturbance ran shamefacedly the gauntlet of black looks and unfriendly remarks, and hastily sought refuge in Almayer's campong.
He smiled shamefacedly to himself, and, pushing his hands deep into his pockets, walked faster with a suddenly grave face.
Enid Crofton had enjoyed the War--she had admitted this just a little shamefacedly a week ago, when they two were having dinner together at the Savoy Grill, where she had been easily the prettiest woman in the room.
Win was shamefacedly not sure whether she had seen it.
The men remembered--remembered all; and one by one they stole shamefacedly away, fearing lest she should speak or turn tragic eyes on them.
He now recalled rather shamefacedly his retreat to the shelter; he was beginning to feel that he could live in the open, the same as Rene.
They were a little prone to laugh at him, but he was so humble and so sensible that he thought he must be laughable; so he laughed a little shamefacedly at himself, and only tried the harder to imitate his companions.
When the physician walked out, Patsy went to the bed, took his mother's hand, and bent overshamefacedly to kiss her.
She hung her head shamefacedly and the girls who were with her, whoever they were, hung back as if they would feign have their share in the affair kept secret.
His minions, acting on his orders, knew their chief too well to argue, and as they fell shamefacedly silent, Kinnard shouted to Bear Cat.
Starting away, he paused and turnedshamefacedly back for a moment.
Somewhat shamefacedly and plainly against Adèle's will, I described the old gipsy and commended her to their vigilance.
As the officers turned shamefacedly to follow their chief, Jonah's parade voice rang out.
The invalid sat up quickly, as she shamefacedly wiped away the stray tears.
She shamefacedly tried to hide her red eyes from her friend's keen gaze.
Once I walked to Mrs. Bolton's and inquired rather shamefacedly for Hermann Krebs, only to be informed that he had gone out.
Did William Wetherell go to Brampton, Cynthia examined his apparel, and he was marched shamefacedlyback to his room to change; did he read too late at night, some unseen messenger summoned her out of her sleep, and he was packed off to bed.
Caught shamefacedly in the very midst of these absurdities, John confessed to the two of them what he would at the moment have confessed to no other living being--last of all to Bessie.
The model had somewhat shamefacedly taken off his gloves and struck an attitude upon the throne.
I’m in a hurry,” he said, flushing shamefacedlyas he passed hastily on.
Well," he answered a little shamefacedly as he lit a cigarette, "the fact is that when the jury I was on returned their verdict this afternoon the judge said he wouldn't require our services any longer.
As Payson reached the sidewalk he looked back somewhat shamefacedly and said: "Do you think it makes any difference what sort of a person this Sadie Burch is?
In admitting this she looked shamefacedly at Gavin, and then went on: "It is humiliating him too.
As in my schooldays when, a laggard in the fierce and seemingly malevolent atmosphere in which I was taught my ABC's, I crept shamefacedly and beaten from the scene.
She had gone to party after party, reception after reception and dance after dance, always meekly and shamefacedly arrayed in the white simplicity that had been her graduation dress at high school the spring before.
The young man gently released himself, and glanced back shamefacedly at the curtains which had closed behind him.
So he blundered as quickly and shamefacedly through them as he could.
Jasper had noticed it, but the mate, turning away, as though he had not liked being looked at, had muttered shamefacedly of a headache and a touch of fever.
And you know," he went on, groping shamefacedly amongst his feelings, "I did not engage that young fellow.
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